Agnieszka Przybylska – "Play modernism – Włocławek urban trail"

Best Diploma ARCHITECTURE Competition 9/2024

Ola Kloc, 02 of September '24
Graj w modernizm – włocławski szlak miejski

Play in modernism – the Włocławek city trail

© Agnieszka Przybylska

In the late 1920s, ambitious modernist architecture was being built in smaller towns, indicating aspirations for metropolitanism. Wloclawek's modernist architecture is a strong page in the city's history. If only architectural sites were cared for, Wloclawek could promote itself as the modernist capital of Kuyavia. Lack of awareness of the value of interwar architecture means that Wloclawek's modernist resources are not properly displayed and appreciated, they are deteriorating, often falling [...]

In the late 1920s, ambitious modernist architecture was being built in smaller towns, indicating aspirations for metropolitanism. Wloclawek's modernist architecture is a [...]

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Cadiz – a city from action movies

Mateusz Zmyślony's films from Spanish cities

Ola Kloc, 02 of September '24
Co warto zobaczyć w Kadyksie?

What's worth seeing in Cadiz?

© OEES

It was here that some of the scenes from the 007 agent movie, "Die Another Day", in which James Bond, played by Pierce Brosnan, is accompanied by Halle Berry, were filmed. Already know what Spanish city we will visit today? Join us for a walking tour of Cadiz together with Mateusz Zmyślony, author of the City Break for Advanced series of vlogs. [...]

It was here that some of the scenes from the 007 agent movie, "Die Another Day", in which James Bond, played by Pierce Brosnan, is accompanied by Halle Berry, were [...]

In this cross-sectional story of architecture that begins in the Stone Age and ends in modern times, Witold Rybczynski describes how technological, economic and social changes, as well as transformations in tastes and preferences, affected architectural ideas and ideals. [...]

In this cross-sectional story of architecture that begins in the Stone Age and ends in modern times, Witold Rybczynski describes how technological, economic and social [...]

AMW INVEST Sp. z o.o.

How and what is being designed for the Polish military?

Interview with Pawel Kurtyka, President of AMW Invest Military Construction Design Bureau

Przemysław Ciępka, 30 of August '24
Centrum sportowe do użytku wojsk polskich i amerykańskich

Sports center for use by Polish and American troops

© AMW Invest

Apartments, staff houses and even entire military units. We discuss how and what is being designed for the Polish military with Pawel Kurtyka, President of AMW Invest Military Construction Design Bureau. [...]

Apartments, staff houses and even entire military units. We discuss how and what is being designed for the Polish military with Pawel Kurtyka, President of AMW Invest [...]

Projekt architektoniczno-krajobrazowy zagospodarowania parku Południowego w Gdańsku

Architectural and landscape design for the development of South Park in Gdansk

© Rayss Group

The passage of development plans is another step toward the creation of the 77-hectare South Park. Planned based on existing greenery, the park will be built in the developing southwestern part of the city, which suffers from a shortage of services, recreation areas and an efficient transportation system. [...]

The passage of development plans is another step toward the creation of the 77-hectare South Park. Planned based on existing greenery, the park will be built in the [...]

Funeral rectorate like the 90's - no contest!

Expansion of Poznań University of Technology campus

Jakub Głaz, 30 of August '24
nowy rektorat Politechniki Poznańskiej, wizualizacja, proj. Sławomir Rosolski

Poznan University of Technology's new rectorate, visualization, design by Slawomir Rosolski

© proj.: Slawomir Rosolski

A glass cube with stone pilasters of a fractious design. This is how the Poznan University of Technology's rectorate, which will be exposed by the river, will look like. Construction is underway. The building is to be "almost zero-energy" and perhaps this will be its greatest advantage. The project was again chosen without a competition - in a very strange way. [...]

A glass cube with stone pilasters of a fractious design. This is how the Poznan University of Technology's rectorate, which will be exposed by the river, will look like. [...]

Nadbudowa modernistycznego domu w Gdyni

Superstructure of a modernist house in Gdynia

© Homemakers

Although summer is coming to an end, seaside resorts are still besieged by visitors. If you can't afford to vacation in the Tri-Cities, you can always watch the new episode of "Homemakers," in which an inventive couple talks about living atop a modernist townhouse. [...]

Although summer is coming to an end, seaside resorts are still besieged by visitors. If you can't afford to vacation in the Tri-Cities, you can always watch the new [...]

Janusz Sepiol the new Chief Architect of the City of Krakow

Przemysław Ciępka, 30 of August '24
Janusz Sepioł zostanie Głównym Architektem Miasta Krakowa

Janusz Sepiol to become Chief Architect of the City of Krakow

Photo: Przemyslaw Ciępka

During a conference held on Friday, August 30, Janusz Sepiol was announced as the Chief Architect of the City of Krakow. So far, the office of Chief Architect of the city, has been the subject of widespread criticism. The mayor of Krakow, Aleksander Miszalski, announced that the responsibilities of the new city architect will change, with a much more important role from now on. [...]

During a conference held on Friday, August 30, Janusz Sepiol was announced as the Chief Architect of the City of Krakow. So far, the office of Chief Architect of the [...]

Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego w Krakowie

Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow

© Wiśniowski

The Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow is an important cultural institution of the Malopolska region, which is not only a treasury of history, but above all a place of inspiration and knowledge of the tradition of aviation in Poland. Such places require a special design for fencing and securing the area. [...]

The Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow is an important cultural institution of the Malopolska region, which is not only a treasury of history, but above all a place of [...]

Tight, but owned

Magdalena Milert, 30 of August '24
Ilustracja

Illustration

© Magdalena Milert

The trend in the real estate market, in which young people are forced to buy micro-apartments due to their limited financial means, is reducing the quality of [...]

The trend in the real estate market, in which young people are forced to buy micro-apartments due to their limited financial means, is reducing the quality of [...]

Elastyczna sieć oświetleniowa Funivia

Funivia flexible lighting network

Photo: © Pierpaolo Ferrari

Funivia pushes boundaries: there's a reason its name means "cable car" in Italian. Artemide's flexible lighting network follows its own path and cannot be stopped by heights, angles and gradients. Free and inclusive, it can constantly evolve through the interplay of individual elements - and thus escapes the rigidity of standard lighting systems. [...]

Funivia pushes boundaries: there's a reason its name means "cable car" in Italian. Artemide's flexible lighting network follows its own path and cannot be stopped by [...]

Cities want to crack down on weekend parking

Cars in public space

Ewa Karendys, 29 of August '24
Kurorty chcą zyskać możliwość pobierania opłat w weekendy

Resorts want to gain the ability to charge on weekends

Pixaby.com

Cities with fewer than 100,000 residents are waiting for legislation that would allow them to charge drivers in city parking lots on weekends as well. Meanwhile, councilors of the Gdynia Dialogue, from which the mayor of Gdynia hails, want to go against the grain: they have proposed changes to parking policies that would provide incentives for car use. [...]

Cities with fewer than 100,000 residents are waiting for legislation that would allow them to charge drivers in city parking lots on weekends as well. Meanwhile, [...]

Wrobis building in Wroclaw covered with concrete

Otis Investment

Przemysław Ciępka, 29 of August '24
Nowy budynek w miejscu biurowca Worbisu we Wrocławiu

New building to replace Worbis office building in Wroclaw

© Society for the Beautification of the City of Wroclaw

Wrocław surprises us every now and then with decisions regarding architectural interventions in areas protected by preservationists. In our memory we still have the unlamented Solpol, while the tenement building, referring to the surrounding buildings, which was to be located in its place, has to be redesigned. Protection of the Worbis office building, located at the intersection of Szewska and Kazimierza Wielkiego streets, is being carried out in an unusual way. For this one was demolished [...]

Wrocław surprises us every now and then with decisions regarding architectural interventions in areas protected by preservationists. In our memory we still have the [...]

Międzynarodowy konkurs studencki na restrukturyzację przestrzenną i zwiększenie gęstości miejskiej

International student competition on spatial restructuring and increasing urban density

© UIA-HYP Cup

UIA-HYP Cup 2024 is an international architecture competition aimed at male and female architecture students from around the world. entries will be judged by a renowned jury chaired by Pritzker Prize winner Wang Shu. [...]

UIA-HYP Cup 2024 is an international architecture competition aimed at male and female architecture students from around the world. entries will be judged by a renowned [...]

Jakub Krzysztofik, prezes SARP Oddział Łódź

Jakub Krzysztofik, president of SARP Lodz Branch

© SARP Branch Łódź

In recent months, local SARP branches held elections for new authorities for the 2024-2028 term. We take a closer look at the plans of the newly elected presidents of the Society of Polish Architects, and we ask those who were re-elected to summarize the past years. We also ask them why it's worth belonging to SARP and about contemporary challenges facing architects and female architects. Today Jakub Krzysztofik, president of the SARP branch in Łódź, answered our questions. [...]

In recent months, local SARP branches held elections for new authorities for the 2024-2028 term. We take a closer look at the plans of the newly elected presidents of [...]

Littering is something everyone can do

65% waste recycling rate by 2035 in the EU

Magdalena Milert, 29 of August '24

It's time to face serious challenges in waste management to meet EU recycling requirements and minimize the negative impact on the environment. Since modernity demands innovation, and every problem ceases to be a problem and becomes a challenge, I can safely start this text with the sentence: "modern Polish cities face numerous challenges in waste management." [...]

It's time to face serious challenges in waste management to meet EU recycling requirements and minimize the negative impact on the environment. Since modernity demands [...]

"Housing" of monuments in Poznań without order and composition. The City's omission?

The new will overwhelm the old at Poznan's Garbary neighborhood

Jakub Głaz, 28 of August '24
Kapitanat Garbary, wizualizacja inwestycji mieszkalnej nadwieszonej nad zabytkowym kapitanatem portu, Poznań, ulica Garbary 102

Kapitanat Garbary, visualization of a residential project overhanging the historic harbormaster's office, Poznań, 102 Garbary Street

© Proxin, source: kapitanatgarbary.pl

Small, historic, in the high downtown fabric. When building next to such buildings, the developer and architect should show a lot of sensitivity, desire and talent. So much for theory. In reality, the desire for profit tends to rule. This is happening, for example, in the Old Town in Poznan. Here the city agrees to bizarre investments, and the development plan will be another "plan for the past." [...]

Small, historic, in the high downtown fabric. When building next to such buildings, the developer and architect should show a lot of sensitivity, desire and talent. So [...]

Architectural visualizations – stretching reality or extracting beauty from a design?

Interview with Jakub Figel and Filip Kurasz from the ELEMENT visualization studio

Ola Kloc, 28 of August '24
Jakub Figel i Filip Kurasz ze studia wizualizacji ELEMENT

Jakub Figel and Filip Kurasz from the ELEMENT visualization studio

© ELEMENT

The World Visualization Festival, an event aspiring to be the most important, if not the largest, gathering of visualizers in the world, will be held at the Warsaw Breweries in the fall. We talk about whether renders are "stretching" reality, what skills a good visualizer should have, and why it's worth attending the festival with its co-organizers Jakub Figel and Filip Kurasz, a duo of architects who founded the ELEMENT visualization studio in 2014. [...]

The World Visualization Festival, an event aspiring to be the most important, if not the largest, gathering of visualizers in the world, will be held at the Warsaw [...]

How to plan blue-green infrastructure in cities? Satellites will help with this

Method developed at the University of Warmia and Mazury

Przemysław Ciępka, 28 of August '24
Satelita Landsat 8, z którego pobierane są dane użyteczne do planowania błękitno-zielonej infrastruktury

Landsat 8 satellite, from which data useful for blue-green infrastructure planning is taken

vision: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab © public domain | Wikimedia Commons

Record heat and flash floods are haunting Polish cities. In the face of ongoing climate change, blue-green infrastructure has become one of the key elements in the planning of city centers. Designing its elements, however, is a complicated process, and finished implementations often leave much to be desired. At the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, however, a method has been developed that can facilitate this process - and satellites will help. [...]

Record heat and flash floods are haunting Polish cities. In the face of ongoing climate change, blue-green infrastructure has become one of the key elements in the [...]

wnętrze pierwszej kondygnacji

interior of the first floor

© Nikola Gierczak

The work presented here is an interior and small architecture project created for the future of graduates of the Academy of Art in Szczecin. This innovative project not only provides unique spaces for work and development, but also provides an inspiring environment that meets the new challenges and needs of young talent. [...]

The work presented here is an interior and small architecture project created for the future of graduates of the Academy of Art in Szczecin. This innovative project not [...]

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